Male suspect in Berlin college knife assault that critically injured 2 women could have drug-induced psychological sickness

German prosecutors mentioned Thursday {that a} man who critically wounded two younger women in an assault at a college in Berlin could have been affected by a drug-induced psychological sickness.

Prosecutors mentioned they had been asking a courtroom to have the 38-year-old suspect held in a psychiatric hospital pending additional investigation. The man, who was arrested by officers on the scene, is being investigated for tried murder and severe bodily hurt.

“There are not any indications as to the suspect’s motive, however indicators of a psychological sickness probably induced by narcotics are mentioned to be current,” prosecutors wrote in an announcement.

KNIFE ATTACK AT BERLIN SCHOOL SERIOUSLY INJURES 2 YOUNG GIRLS

Forensics workers stand close to the “Protestant School Neukoelln” in Berlin, Germany, on May 3, 2023. Berlin police say two younger college students had been critically wounded in a knife assault at a college within the south of the capital.  (Christophe Gateau/dpa by way of AP)

Prosecutors mentioned the person had admitted finishing up the assault on the non-public Protestant School in Berlin’s Neukoelln district Wednesday afternoon, during which he stabbed two college students aged 7 and eight with a kitchen knife.

Both youngsters stay hospitalized with severe accidents. Prosecutors say the older kid’s situation is steady and now not acutely life-threatening.

The college’s principal, Thorsten Knauer-Huckauf, mentioned the suspect was not a member of the varsity neighborhood. He mentioned college students, workers and fogeys had been “deeply affected and shocked” by the assault.